2025届广东省清远市第三中学教育集团高三下学期第三次模拟英语试题

2024～2025学年清远市三中教育集团高三第三次模拟考

英语

满分120分，考试用时120分钟。

第一部分  听力【听说考试代替，满分30分】

第二部分  阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Technology is the application(应用) of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span via(通过) medical technology.

Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics(统计) show that the United States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually(每年) into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources(少的资源) we may well find technological substitutes(代用品)for many of them through our research programs.

Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills, on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.

21．According to the passage, people can live a long life with the help of _______.

A．higher quality of life B．medical technology

C．modern farming machinery D．technological substitute

22．The three major factors of production include______

A．Land B．Labor

C．Capital D．Above all

23．What is the best title for the passage? _______

A．The definition of technology B．Modern technology

C．The application of technology D．The development of technology

B

82-year-old Gina Harris will become the oldest woman to cycle across Britain. From England, Gina plans to ride from Land’s End, in Cornwall, to John O’Groats, in Scotland, to support Women’s Aid and Refuge. The trip is hard, but Gina has set her mind to supporting the two charities after reading about the outstanding work they have done for women.

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is Break the Bias (偏见). Knowing that isn’t enough, action is needed badly. Gina is taking action for women all over the world to show the importance of women. Gina shared, “I will ride my old bike and carry my luggage, which weighs over 30 kg. I won’t complete the challenge until June 2022, so I have 3 months to practice with my son’s great help. I have previously travelled by bicycle around Europe, so it won’t be my first long cycle journey, but it will certainly be my last one.”

Gina Harris, a former photographer, took up cycling at 50 and joined the Cycling UK to follow her passion for charities. Alan Head, former Secretary of the Cycling UK commented, “Gina Harris has cycled with the Cycling UK for many years. We wish her all the best in her attempt to raise money for women by cycling. Because public services aren’t enough, the work of charities is important. ”

Faye Connelly, Fundraising Manager at Women’s Aid, said, “We are grateful to Gina for her incredible support, and we expect more people to follow her example. Gina’s determination to raise as much as she can helps us reach more women and children.”

24．What made Gina determine to support the two charities?

A．Her great talent. B．Her family’s support.

C．Their long history. D．Their great work for women.

25．What is the son’s attitude to his mother’s plan?

A．Cautious. B．Favorable. C．Disappointed. D．Critical.

26．Why did Gina join the Cycling UK in the beginning?

A．To raise money for her son. B．To support charities.

C．To improve her health. D．To realize her childhood dream.

27．What does Faye expect from Gina’s example?

A．People will donate more money to the disabled.

B．People will pay more attention to health.

C．More people will be inspired to support the charity.

D．More people will like cycling.

C

Many of the most damaging types of weather begin quickly, strike suddenly, and disappear rapidly, destroying small areas while leaving neighboring areas untouched. Such event as a tornado struck the northeastern part of Edmonton, Alberta, in July 1987. Total damages from the tornado went beyond $250 million, the highest ever for any Canadian storm.

Traditional computer models of the atmosphere have limited value in predicting short-lived local storms like the Edmonton tornado, because the available weather data are generally not detailed enough to allow computers to study carefully the slight atmospheric changes that come before these storms. In most nations, for example, weather-balloon observations are taken just once every twelve hours at places separated by hundreds of miles. With such limited data, traditional forecasting models do a much better job predicting general weather conditions over large areas than they do forecasting specific local events.

Until recently, the observation intensive method needed for exact, very short-range forecasts, or “Nowcasts,” was not possible. The cost of equipping and operating many thousands of conventional weather stations was extremely high, and the difficulties concerned in rapidly collecting and processing the weather data from such a network were hard to overcome.

Fortunately, scientific and technological advances have overcome most of these problems. Radar systems and satellites are all able to make detailed, nearly continuous observation over large areas at a lower cost. Communications satellites can send out data around the world cheaply and immediately, and modern computers can quickly collect and analyze this large amount of